Stephen Hihetah

Stephen "Fane" Hihetah (born 23 September 1991), is an English born Romanian rugby union player who plays as a winger for National League 2 North club Hull RUFC and the Romania national rugby 7`s team.

Stephen Hihetah
Date of birth (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991
Place of birthBrent, London, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010-2012
2012
2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2016-2017
2017-2019		 London Scottish
→ Barking
Blackheath
Barking
CSM Baia Mare
Yorkshire Carnegie
Rosslyn Park FC
Hull RUFC		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2015 Romania 5 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2017-2019 Romania 7`s 4

Born in London Borough of Brent, England to a Romanian mother and Ghanaian father,[1] Hihetah made his debut for Romania on 16 June 2013 against Italy A,[2] in a 26-13 win that decided the 2013 IRB Nations Cup title. He holds dual nationality with Romania and England.

In December 2019, he was banned from all sport for four years – from 12 June 2019 until 11 June 2023 after failing a drugs test. Hihetah was initially charged with a breach of World Rugby regulation 21.2.1: “Presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in a player’s sample.”. Hihetah provided a urine sample following a training session on 21 February 2019, which were positive for the prohibited substances Stanozolol metabolites, Metandienone metabolite and Tamoxifen metabolite.[3]

References
  1. "Rugby: România -Italia A, în finala IRB Nations Cup 2013" (in Romanian). Realitatea TV. 16 June 2013.
  2. "From Bournemouth to Bucharest for Hihetah". International Rugby Board. 14 June 2013.
  3. "TRIPLE-WHAMMY FOR DOPED-UP PLAYER". Rugby365.com. 18 December 2019.
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